THE MOON AND SUN ARE eternal travelers. Even the years wander on. A lifetime
adrift in a boat, or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, every
day is a journey, and the journey itself is home..............
- from "Narrow Road to the Interior" by Basho Matsuo (translated
by Sam Hamill)
Sora is my name. There was another famous "Sora" in the history
of Japan. He was a companion of Basho Matsuo (giant of Haiku (verse)) in
the travel named "Oku no Hosomichi (Narrow Road to the Interior)".
I decided to chase their route, because I am another Sora. This is the
great bike jouney, another "Narrow Road to the Interior".
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Please select one you want to see.
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Tracks
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Title
(Prefecture)
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Distance
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Date
[year.month.day]
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Prologue
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Tr.2-02
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Narrow Road to the Interior - Prologue
(Kanagawa, Tokyo)
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99.55 km
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2005.05.07
(1 day)
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Stage 1 |
Tr.2-03 |
Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 1
"Rain"
(Kanagawa, Tokyo, Saitama, Ibaraki,Tochigi, Fukushima, Miyagi) |
about
703.8 km |
2005.08.06-08.13
(8 days) |
Stage 2 |
Tr.2-05 |
Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 2
"Sightseeing"
(Miyagi, Iwate, Yamagata) |
about
602.19 km |
2006.08.05-08.13
(9 days) |
Stage 3 |
Tr.2-08 |
Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 3
"Hottest Summer"
(Yamagata, Akita, Niigata) |
657.97 km |
2007.08.10-08.19
(10 days) |
Stage 4 |
Tr.2-11 |
Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 4
"white radish flowers"
(Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui) |
492.67 km |
2008.04.29-05.05
(7 days) |
Stage 5
&
Epilogue |
Tr.2-12 |
Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 5 & Epilogue
"A endless chorus of cicadas"
(Fukui, Shiga, Mie, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka) |
523.44 km |
2008.08.09-08.15
(7 days) |
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Textbooks and Guidebooks
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Oku no Hosomichi
Author: Basho Matsuo
- Paperback: 254 pages
- Publisher: Kadokawa Books (2001/07)
- Language: Japanese
- ISBN-10: 4043574029
- ISBN-13: 978-4043574025
- Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
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Oku no Hosomichi no Tabi Handbook
Author: Tetsuo Hisatomi
- Paperback: 238 pages
- Publisher: Sanseido (2002/07)
- Language: Japanese
- ISBN-10: 438541047X
- ISBN-13: 978-4385410470
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
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Basho, Oku no Hosomichi: Sora Tabi Nikki, Oku no Hosomichi Sugegomosho
Author: Basho Matsuo, Sora Kawai, Riichi Saryuan
- Paperback: 290 pages
- Publisher: Iwanami Books (1979/01)
- Language: Japanese
- ISBN-10: 4003020626
- ISBN-13: 978-4003020623
- Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
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Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings (Shambhala Classics)
Author: Basho Matsuo
Translator: Sam Hamill
- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Shambhala Pubns (2000/9/12)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1570627169
- ISBN-13: 978-1570627163
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
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A HAIKU JOURNEY: Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province
Author: Basho Matsuo
Translator: Dorothy Britton
- Paperback: 124 pages
- Publisher: Kodansha International (2002/01)
- Language: English and Japanese
- ISBN-10: 477002858X
- ISBN-13: 978-4770028587
- Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
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Audiobooks
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Oku no Hosomichi
- Audio CD
- Number of Discs: 2
- Publisher: Kingrecords (2002/5/22)
- Language: Japanese
- ASIN: B000065E3F
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The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki (Naxos Poetry)
- Audio CD
- Number of Discs: 2
- Publisher: Naxos Audio Books; Unabridged edition (2008/7/28)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9626348798
- ISBN-13: 978-9626348796
- Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
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other translations of the title of the Basho's writings"Oku no Hosomichi" |
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- Narrow Road to the Deep North
- The Narrow Road to Oku
- Narrow Road to a Far Province
- Narrow Road to the Deep North East
- The Narrow Road to the Far North
- Back Roads to Far Towns
- Sendas De Oku/path of Oku
- Journaux de voyage de Basho
- Uzka stezka do vnitrozemi
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